Jorge Medina
Catholic cardinal (1926–2021)
Jorge Arturo Agustín Medina Estévez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe meˈðina]; 23 December 1926 – 3 October 2021) was a Chilean Catholic Church cardinal. He was born in Santiago de Chile.
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He was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1996 to 2002 and was made a Cardinal in 1998. He was auxiliary bishop and then from 1987 bishop of Rancagua and then bishop of Valparaíso from 1993 to 1996.
Medina was a critic of homosexuality.[1] In 2011, he was accused of sexual assault on minors.[2][3]
Medina died on 3 October 2021 in Santiago de Chile at the age of 94.[4][5]
References
change- ↑ "Víctima de Karadima critica dichos de Cardenal Medina: "Constituyen una agresión"". La Segunda (in Spanish). 5 April 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ↑ Barrionuevo, Alexei; Bonnefoy, Pascale (18 February 2011). "Chilean Priest Found Guilty of Abusing Minors". New York Times. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ "Vatican official's visit to Chile unrelated to abuse case of popular priest". EWTN News. 23 May 2011. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2002.
- ↑ "Falleció Cardenal Jorge Medina Estévez". Conferencia Episcopal de Chile (in Spanish). 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ↑ "A los 94 años muere el cardenal Jorge Medina Estévez". La Tercera (in Spanish). 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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